Ghost estate claims first victim

23-02-2012 07:04PM #1

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0223/ballinasloe.html

A two-year-old boy has died after an accident on an unfinished housing estate outside Athlone.

A two-year-old boy has died after an accident on an unfinished housing estate outside Athlone, Co Westmeath.

Gardaí say the toddler went missing shortly after 12pm.

It is understood his body was discovered in a small pool of water beside a drain area in the Glenatore development.

Those sites are dangerous and it was only a matter of time before someone got killed!

charlemont · 23-02-2012 07:07PM

Lousy on the poor kid, His family will no doubt be devastated and I hope someone is held accountable for this.

Freddie59 · 23-02-2012 07:08PM

Deleted User wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0223/ballinasloe.html

Those sites are dangerous and it was only a matter of time before someone got killed!

Yep. Sadly, it takes something like this for action to be taken. Probably will only cost a few quid compared to the billions we're in hock for those banking cnuts.

Zebra3 · 23-02-2012 07:09PM

I doubt any developers or FF scum who helped cause all this crap will bat an eyelid about it all. :rolleyes:

Run_to_da_hills · 23-02-2012 07:09PM

R.I.P little one and condolences to his family.

kirving · 23-02-2012 07:14PM

Only took three replies for Fianna Fail to be blamed.

Horrible thing to happen, however.

Mat the trasher · 23-02-2012 07:15PM

dolanbaker wrote: »

http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0223/ballinasloe.html

A two-year-old boy has died after an accident on an unfinished housing estate outside Athlone.

A two-year-old boy has died after an accident on an unfinished housing estate outside Athlone, Co Westmeath.

Gardaí say the toddler went missing shortly after 12pm.

It is understood his body was discovered in a small pool of water beside a drain area in the Glenatore development.

Those sites are dangerous and it was only a matter of time before someone got killed!

Jumping the gun alittle bit on the cause of death aren't we?

donalg1 · 23-02-2012 07:16PM

Poor kid.

Could happen on any estate though in fairness.

tennisball · 23-02-2012 07:17PM

Tragic and unnecessary waste of a young life...sympathy to the family.

Caveman1 · 23-02-2012 07:17PM

I can only imagine how the family are feeling now rip

Fishooks12 · 23-02-2012 07:18PM

Probably be lynched for saying this but why was a 2 year old left unsupervised on a building site

RIP, tragic

amacachi · 23-02-2012 07:20PM

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Probably be lynched for saying this but why was a 2 year old left unsupervised on a building site

Wondering myself how the body was "discovered", how long had passed?

23-02-2012 07:21PM

Terrible for the family, but the Ghost estate can hardly be blamed. The poor child could have died in any puddle of water.

23-02-2012 07:23PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

I doubt any developers or FF scum who helped cause all this crap will bat an eyelid about it all. :rolleyes:

Why would they? where they babysitting the child?

stovelid · 23-02-2012 07:23PM

Kevin Irving wrote: »

Only took three replies for Fianna Fail to be blamed..

Should have been under three.

JONJO THE MISER · 23-02-2012 07:25PM

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Probably be lynched for saying this but why was a 2 year old left unsupervised on a building site

I wont speculate on this case but i have seen toddlers and small kids walking around on there own up a lane full of apartments next to a busy main street, its plain crazy where the hell are the parents, i saw one of them nearly get killed by a car one day.

23-02-2012 07:26PM

Fishooks12 wrote: »

Probably be lynched for saying this but why was a 2 year old left unsupervised on a building site

Have you ever had children, they sneak out!

Fishooks12 · 23-02-2012 07:28PM

Zebra3 wrote: »

I doubt any developers or FF scum who helped cause all this crap will bat an eyelid about it all. :rolleyes:

what does that even mean?

Some people seem to love lumping in an aul FF reference in for some thanks whoring

23-02-2012 07:28PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Have you ever had children, they sneak out!

I see what your saying, but most two year olds couldnt reach up to open a front or back door. So someone must have left a door open for the child to have gotten out.

If the child had been killed on the road, would the car and driver be blamed?

stovelid · 23-02-2012 07:28PM

Kid may have sneaked away or anything. Who knows. Let's not go down the usual road of blame when we don't know. Parents are not superhuman and can make mistakes.

Plus terrible accidents can happen on any kind of estate, not just unfinished ones.

amacachi · 23-02-2012 07:30PM

stovelid wrote: »

Kid may have sneaked away or anything. Who knows. Let's not go down the usual road of blame when we don't know. Parents are not superhuman and can make mistakes.

Aye, let's blame whoever it was that left the ground in such a shape that a puddle could form first.

Run_to_da_hills · 23-02-2012 07:31PM

One of the first initiatives of this new government back to work schemes for the long term unemployed should be to sort out and tidy up these ghost estates whether to finish them off or demolish them altogether.

Fishooks12 · 23-02-2012 07:31PM

amacachi wrote: »

Aye, let's blame whoever it was that left the ground in such a shape that a puddle could form first.

No no, let's blame Bertie and FF, without them the country would have no building sites.

Scum, hope they all rot etc...

snubbleste · 23-02-2012 07:32PM

How many non-ghost housing estates claim children each year?

amacachi · 23-02-2012 07:33PM

Fishooks12 wrote: »

No no, let's blame Bertie and FF, without them the country would have no building sites.

Scum, hope they all rot etc...

Nah, you need to go deeper. I blame Isaac Newton for inventing gravity, the puddle wouldn't have existed but for that.

23-02-2012 07:34PM

Jake1 wrote: »

I see what your saying, but most two year olds couldnt reach up to open a front or back door. So someone must have left a door open for the child to have gotten out.

If the child had been killed on the road, would the car and driver be blamed?

Probably not, but in this case, It's an unfinished estate full of hazards and a decaying safety fence.

If the council had left a dangerous hole in the road and it caused an accident, they would be liable, the fact that the driver was (possibly) being careless (by not swerving round it) is beside the point.

Fishooks12 · 23-02-2012 07:34PM

snubbleste wrote: »

How many non-ghost housing estates claim children each year?

Speculating, but I'm guessing even more considering non ghost house estates would have occupied houses as well as ones in construction

biko · 23-02-2012 07:34PM

Just a tragic accident imo. At least until I have more info.

RIP little one.

bbam · 23-02-2012 07:38PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Have you ever had children, they sneak out!

I have children and two year olds don't "sneak out".. Poor security or a momentary loss in concentration lets them out...

This poor family must be going through a living hell, one I don't even want to imagine..

stovelid · 23-02-2012 07:38PM

Jake1 wrote: »

So someone must have left a door open for the child to have gotten out.

I doubt anybody here can claim to never had made a mistake. And for people whose mistakes have such a statistically remote and catastrophic outcome, the blame game is just another terrible cross for them to bear.

Nobody knows what happened.

23-02-2012 07:40PM

stovelid wrote: »

I doubt anybody here can claim to never had made a mistake. And for people whose mistakes have such a statistically remote and catastrophic outcome, the blame game is just another terrible cross for them to bear.

Nobody knows what happened.

I agree with you, thats why I think its silly to blame a Ghost Estate for claiming a childs life.
As you said, nobody knows what happened, except the child is dead, poor thing.

Ghost estate claims first victim

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